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Malware Knocks Defense Department e-Mail Offline
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:12:56 GMT
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I would really appreciate any additional pointers to the original AP article or anything else which substantiates this report. I have been traveling today and haven't been able to thoroughly review my normal news sources yet. Via the C|Net News Blog. [snip] According to the Associated Press, the US Defense Department took 1,500 computers offline as the result of a cyber attack. No additional information about the event was provided. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the attack happened sometime yesterday and that e-mail systems were expected to be back online later today. Gate said during a press conference on the matter: "We obviously have redundant systems in place. ... There will be some administrative disruptions and personal inconveniences." When asked if he, personally, had been inconvenienced, Gates replied that he's a very low tech person. "I don't do e-mail." [snip] Link: http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9733189-7.html - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.2 (Build 2014) wj8DBQFGe0xDq1pz9mNUZTMRAp/sAJ9jiapaLW9rt40aVk4KPHFLK4bxTgCeOgt7 3z1LEXsgF6ifEZvnbVkFWZ0= =xARC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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